Reinhard Fabisch

Infobox Football biography
playername = Reinhard Fabisch


fullname = Reinhard Fabisch
dateofbirth = birth date|1950|8|19
cityofbirth =
countryofbirth = Germany
dateofdeath = death date and age|2008|7|12|1950|8|19
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height =
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1969–1971
clubs = Borussia Dortmund
caps(goals) = 000 0(0)
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nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
manageryears = 1987
1992–1995
1997
2001–2002
2005–2007
2007–2008
managerclubs = Kenya
Zimbabwe
Kenya
Kenya
Emirates Club
Benin

Reinhard Fabisch (19 August 1950 – 12 July 2008) was a German football manager who was last employed as manager of the Benin national side, a position he took up in December 2007 [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/7133177.stm|title=Fabisch agrees to coach Benin|accessdate=2007-12-07|date=2007-12-07|publisher=BBC] and left in May 2008. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/7378316.stm|title=Fabisch quits as Benin coach|accessdate=2008-05-01|date=2008-05-01|publisher=BBC] He died of cancer in Germany on 12 July 2008. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7506170.stm|title=Former Benin coach Fabisch dies|accessdate=2008-07-14|date=2008-07-14|publisher=BBC]

He has previously managed the national teams of both Kenya and Zimbabwe, as well as Emirates Club in the UAE.

As manager of the Benin national football team he was embroiled in a controversy over match-fixing, after claiming he was asked for fix a result. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/7207903.stm|title=Benin coach claims 'fix' approach|accessdate=2008-05-01|date=2008-01-24|author=Farayi Mungazi|publisher=BBC]

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